With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry. The album was released in 1983 through Arista Records, with Ministry's members at the time being Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. Singer Jourgensen was supposedly pressured into making the album in the "synthpop" style by Arista management, which is in contrast to the harder sound he developed as his career continued. However, there are several reports of Jourgensen saying in the eighties how he discovered "hardcore", which changed his musical direction, and became ashamed of putting out a "synthpop" album.[4] Jourgensen assumes a false English accent for all of the songs. This album was also released as Work for Love under BMG in Europe (with the same cover). There is a video available for "Revenge", which was one of three singles pulled from the album, the others being "Work for Love" and "I Wanted to Tell Her".
With Sympathy was Ministry's only album for Arista.
The album has been reissued on Eastworld records with three bonus tracks.[5]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Alain Jourgensen, except "I Wanted to Tell Her" by Jourgensen and Shay Jones.
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| 1. |
"Effigy (I'm Not An)" |
3:51 |
| 2. |
"Revenge" |
3:48 |
| 3. |
"I Wanted to Tell Her" |
5:29 |
| 4. |
"Work For Love" |
4:44 |
| 5. |
"Here We Go" |
3:21 |
| 6. |
"What He Say" |
4:04 |
| 7. |
"Say You're Sorry" |
4:18 |
| 8. |
"Should Have Known Better" |
4:31 |
| 9. |
"She's Got a Cause" |
3:33 |
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| 10. |
"I Wanted to Tell Her" (Extended Mix) |
7:03 |
| 11. |
"Revenge" (Remix) |
6:19 |
| 12. |
"A Walk in the Park" |
4:58 |
European release "Work for Love"
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| 1. |
"Work for Love" |
4:44 |
| 2. |
"Do the Etawa" |
4:04 |
| 3. |
"I Wanted to Tell Her" |
5:29 |
| 4. |
"Say You're Sorry" |
4:18 |
| 5. |
"Here We Go" |
3:21 |
| 6. |
"Effigy (I'm Not An)" |
3:51 |
| 7. |
"Revenge" |
3:48 |
| 8. |
"She's Got a Cause" |
3:33 |
| 9. |
"Should Have Known Better" |
4:31 |
- "What He Say" was renamed "Do the Etawa" on the European release.
Personnel
Ministry
Additional musicians
- Robert Roberts - keyboards (2, 3, 4, 9), bass (4)
- Marybeth O'Hara - vocals (2, 4)
- Shay Jones - feature vocals (3)
- John Davis - keyboards (3, 4, 9)
- Walter Turbitt - guitar (3)
- Martin Sorenson - bass guitar (3)
- Vince Ely - percussion & keyboards (4)
- Antonia de Portago - vocals (4)
- Brad Hallen - bass guitar (5, 6)
- Ministry of Horns - horns (6)
- Ziv Gidron - chanting (6)
- Doreen Chanter - vocals (7)
- Bob Suber - saxophone (7)
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Technical staff
- Ian Taylor - producer, engineer
- Vince Ely - producer
- David Wooley - engineer
- Flood - engineer
- David Heglmeier - tape operator
- Roger Merritt - tape operator
- Steve Jackson - tape operator
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Joe Gastwert - digital remastering (CD edition)
Management
Artwork
- Alberto Rizzo - photographer
- David Gahr - inner sleeve photographer
- Brian Shanley - cover concepts
- Jim Nash - cover concepts
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Chart positions
- Album
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- Singles
| Song (1983) |
US
Dance
[7] |
NZ
[8] |
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| "Work for Love" |
20 |
— |
| "I Wanted to Tell Her" |
13 |
35 |
| "Revenge" |
— |
— |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carlson, Dean. "With Sympathy - Ministry". Allmusic.
- ↑ -RoG- (2008-03-27). "Weekly Stoplight - With Sympathy". I-Mockery.
- ↑ Considine, J.D. (1983-09-29). "Ministry: With Sympathy : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ ministrymama. "Concert Review on Oct 30, 2004". pollstar.com.
- ↑ "Ministry - With Sympathy [US CD]". The Ideal Copy.
- ↑ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Ministry - I Wanted To Tell Her". charts.org.nz.
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